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Web resources
- U.S. Census Home page of the U.S. Census Bureau.
- American FactFinder Use this site to create data sets from the 1990 & 2000 census, the American Community Survey, the Economic Survey, and the latest population estimates.
- American Community Survey The American Community Survey is taken every year, and is designed to provide characteristics of the population, not a population count.
What is the Census?
A decennial census of the U.S. population has been taken since 1790, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. The next census is scheduled to be taken starting on April 1, 2010. Census results determine congressional district boundaries, reapportion seats in the House of Representatives, and affect the distribution of federal and state funds.
The Economic Census profiles the national and local economies every 5 years. Data for the 2007 Economic Census was first released on March 17, 2009.
- U.S. Census History Includes an overview of each decennial census, along with an index of questions, and PDFs of each questionnaire.
- Census 2010 Coming on April 1, 2010!
- Economic Census
- 2007 Economic Census: Finding Data
- Census 2000 CQ Researcher report, 5/1/1998.
- Redistricting Disputes CQ Researcher report, 3/12/2004.
How to find data
Census data can be narrowed down by subject, geography, and year.
Use the American FactFinder to create data sets, maps, and reports from various data products.
Minority Links
- Minority Links Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States
- California Latino Demographic Databook
3rd Edition: 2004. A project of the University of California Latino Policy Institute, California Policy Research Center and UC Institute for Mexico and the United States.
How to Cite
Government Publications |
Nina HagiwaraBooks@SFSU
- 2010 census [electronic resource] : cost and design issues need to be addressed soon
- Measuring America : the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000 [electronic resource] - [prepared by Jason G. Guthrie]
Also available in print at Library Annex I Government Desk C 3.2:M 46/2 [9/2002]. 
The American Census Handbook - Thomas Jay Kemp
Census atlas of the United States : Census 2000 special reports [electronic resource] - U.S. Census Bureau
Also available in print in Library Annex Reference area, G1201.E2 U5 2007- 2010 census : reducing the undercount in the Hispanic community:[electronic resource]
hearing before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 9, 2007. - Problem of undercount in 1990 census
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, July 14, 1987 - Undercount problem in Los Angeles: counting homeless in decennial census:
hearing before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, April 3, 1987. 
Shades of citizenship : race and the census in modern politics - Melissa Nobles
Counting on the census? : race, group identity, and the evasion of politics - Peter Skerry- Counting the vote : should only U.S. citizens be included in apportioning our elected representatives? : [Electtronic resource]
hearing before the Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, December 6, 2005.
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